Somewhere to put it down.
Journaling that soothes. Eleven quiet ways to think something through, a blank page whenever you'd rather have one — and every word stays on your iPhone.
Journaling that soothes. Eleven quiet ways to think something through, a blank page whenever you'd rather have one — and every word stays on your iPhone.
The idea
A thought you're only turning over internally has no edges. Write it down and it gets a shape — a beginning, an end, and a size you can actually look at.
That's the whole premise. mindspace isn't trying to fix anything or tell you what to do about it. It gives you somewhere to put the thought, and a few different shapes of page for when a blank one feels like too much.
The blank page
Some things want paragraphs. Some want a voice note on the walk home, a photo of where you were, or a drawing because words weren't going to do it.
All of it lands in the same entry. Record a voice note and the app can transcribe it on-device, or write you a short summary you can drop into the text — your voice, still your words, just typed.
Lock any entry behind Face ID. Export any entry as a PDF that's yours to keep.
MindTree · one of eleven
When everything is competing for the same attention, a list just makes it longer. MindTree puts you at the centre and lets each concern branch out from there, as many layers deep as it needs.
What usually happens is that three things you thought were separate turn out to be the same thing. That's easier to see on a canvas than in a sentence.
It's one of eleven exercises — the rest are below, and they all work like this: a different shape of page for a different kind of day.
Guided Thoughts
On the days a blank page is the last thing you want, six walkthroughs ask you one thing, wait, and then ask the next. Five to eight steps each, so you can see the end from the beginning.
Stop halfway and it keeps your place. Come back tomorrow, or never — an unfinished session is still yours, and it stays exactly where you left it.
Gratitude Jar · one of eleven
Three good things at the end of the day, written on a slip and dropped in the jar. Or one. Or none today — the jar doesn't mind, and nothing in this app is counting against you.
It fills up slowly, which is rather the point. Months later it's a jar full of ordinary Tuesdays you'd otherwise have forgotten entirely.
Another of the eleven. These four are just a sample — here's everything.
No mood scores. No sentiment charts. Nothing in here decides how your week went.What mindspace is for
Privacy
Most apps promise to look after your data. mindspace doesn't have any to look after. No account, no sign-in, no server, nothing uploaded anywhere.
Your entries are files on your iPhone. The developer can't read them, can't recover them, and has no way of knowing whether you've ever opened the app. Lock individual entries behind Face ID, export anything as a PDF, and delete everything in one step.
That trade runs both ways, and it's worth knowing before you start: when the app is gone, so is everything in it.
All eleven
You've seen four of these. Here is the whole set — nothing is scored, and nothing has to be finished.
A blank page with no structure at all. Words, photos, voice, drawings.
Everything on your mind as a map, branching out from you.
Six walkthroughs, one question at a time.
Feelings arrive in the body first. Mark where this one is sitting.
Sort what's weighing on you by how much of it is actually yours.
For a decision pulling between what you feel and what makes sense.
Three columns, left to right, for when something is still hot.
Small things, one slip at a time.
The moments worth reaching for when you can't remember you've been that person.
Three lines: you, the people around you, and your body.
Why, then How, then What — filled from the inside out.
There's no setup, no account, and nothing to fill in before you begin. Open it and write.